Description

HENRIETTE GOTTLIEB (BERLIN, 1884 – ŁÓDŹ GHETTO, 2 JANUARY, 1942)

 

 

 

 

She made her debut in Plauen in 1909 and joined the Berlin Municipal Opera in 1913, where she remained until 1934. She was particularly noted as a Wagnerian interpreter, appearing at the Bayreuth Festivals from 1927 to 1930. In 1928, she was a guest in Amsterdam, and in 1929 she performed the role of Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, returning there in 1930 for one of her greatest successes in the Ring cycle. It was around this time that our Wagner excerpt with her was recorded.

She also took part in the premieres of Friedrich Koch’s Die Hügelmühle (Berlin, 1918) and Emil von Reznicek’s Holofernes (Berlin, 1923). Following the Nazi ban on Jewish performers, she remained in Berlin until her deportation to the Łódź Ghetto in 1941, where she died on 2 January 1942.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1909 Plauen Opera House

1913–1934 Berlin Municipal Opera

1927–1930 Bayreuth Festival

1930 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Fidelio (Beethoven) Er sterbe, doch er soll erst wissen (w. Ludwig, Grossmann & Domgraf-Fassbaender) DB4417 (62-4735) 2D1337-2 HMV, Berlin 1932-12-13

Fidelio (Beethoven) Mir ist so wunderbar (w. Berger, Wittrisch & Domgraf-Fassbaender) DB4417 (62-4734) 2D1336-2 HMV, Berlin 1932-12-13

Juive (Halévy) Halt’ ein! (w. Arensen & Hansen) 044246 1207s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-17

Juive (Halévy) Hör’, o Gott uns’rer Väter (w. Arensen & chorus) 044245 1210s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-17

Siegfried (Wagner) Dich lieb’ ich immer (w. Kirchhoff) 7207 N300361-A-1 Pathé, Paris 1929

Siegfried (Wagner) Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich! (w. Kirchhoff) 720 N300362-A-1 Pathé, Paris 1929

Siegfried (Wagner) Heil dir, Sonne! (w. Kirchhoff) 7207 N200360-A Pathé, Paris 1929

Siegfried (Wagner) Wie des Blutes Strome sich zünden (w. Kirchhoff) 7208 N300363-C-1 Pathé, Paris 1929

Walküre (Wagner) Nicht weise bin ich! (w. Weber) 7202 N300354-A-1 Pathé, Paris 1929-06-20/24

Walküre (Wagner) Vorspiel zum 3. Aufzug und Gesang der Walküren (w. Nezádál, Plettner, Peschken, Holmgren, Ruske-Leopold, Müller & Rückforth) 12525 WAX3004-1 Columbia, Bayreuth 1927-07/08

Walküre (Wagner) Walkürengesang (w. Nezádál, Plettner, Peschken, Holmgren, Ruske-Leopold, Müller & Rückforth) 12525 WAX3005-2 Columbia, Bayreuth 1927-07/08